Southern Textile Wages Lag North by Thirteen Cents
A Labor Department survey shows Southern textile workers earn about 13 cents an hour less than Northern mills, roughly 6 cents more gap than in 1950. Wages rose 11 percent industry wide since Korea, while Northern increases outpaced the South by the same period. The report notes 80 percent of cotton and synthetic mill workers are in the South with mostly nonunion management driven rates and 467 mills surveyed employing about 290,000 workers. The effect of Walsh Healey Act minimum wage changes on Southern plants remains unsettled.
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New England
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Korea
Wage & Stabilization Board
Doubhat
Southern Mills
Bureau
Walsh-Healey
Maurice Tobin
Ling
Accidents Kill 95,000 During 1953 Says Safety Council
The National Safety Council reports 1953 casualties: 95,000 killed and 9,600,000 injured with an economic loss of 9.1 billion dollars. Traffic deaths reached 38,300, the third highest yearly toll, while home and workplace accidents declined overall.
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Safety Council
Chicago
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
The
Council
United States
Mitchell Faces AFL Quizzing in Miami Beach
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell was quizzed by AFL leaders in a closed session in Miami Beach. AFL President George Meany signaled tough questions on administration policies, including minimum wage proposals and Taft-Hartley Act amendments.
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Miami Beach
Fla
James P. Mitchell
Eisenhower
American Federation of Labor
Mitchell
Washington
AFL
AFL Executive Council
Labor
George Meany
Meany
Congress
FCC Denies High Point Channel 6 Request In Channel Shuffle
The FCC granted Television Channel 6 to view 4 field West Virginia and Channel 4 to Beckley West Virginia after a channel swap. The High Point North Carolina request for Channel 6 was denied. The Daily Telegraph Printing Co sought Channel 6 for Bluefield and the High Point Enterprise sought the same for High Point.
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Washington
the Communications Commission Today
Field
W. Va
Beckley
Channel 4
Fayetteville
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bluefield
High Point Enterprise, Inc
High Point
N. C
Bidault urges end to bickering at Big Four talks
French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault called for the Big Four to abandon detail work and start a movement to remedy world evils. He pressed Molotov during the tenth session on the German unification issue and free elections, as Western officials doubted Moscow's stance and viewed Molotov’s promises skeptically.
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Berlin
Georges Bidault
Bidault
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Germany
Eden
Russia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Donor List Nears 500 Mark For Red Cross Blood Drive
Ralph Rochelle praised area citizens as donors surged at the Red Cross bloodmobile in the armory. The three day drive aims for 700 donations with 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. hours tomorrow, promising prompt care for donors and free transport by calling 6711.
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Ralph Rochelle
Red Cross
Armory
Rochelle
Citi Yesterda
Thief robs dorms at Davidson College in dawn raid
A gun totin g thief dressed as a college student roamed three Davidson College dormitories before dawn, stealing about 340 from more than 20 students. He held two at gunpoint and escaped after rifling wallets, prompting a police response and a formal college statement.
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Davidson, N. C
Davidson College
Presbyterian Institution
John Bailey
J. W. Witherspoon
Ralph E. Petree
John McGee
Charlotte
Duke
Petree
Bill
McGee
John Cunningham
Davidson
Knowland Flags Possible Delay on Bricker Treaty Vote
Senate Republican leader Knowland warned the final two-thirds vote on the Bricker treaty power amendment may be postponed 10 days or more. He said many Republicans will be away on Lincoln Day trips and plans to push votes on alternative proposals this week, leaving open the chance the measure could die or stall on a committee shelf.
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Washington
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Sen
Bricker
E-Ohio
George
D-Ga
Eisenhower
California
GOP
Ike's Concern Grows Over Indochina War Struggle
President Eisenhower voiced growing concern at a news conference over Indochina where Communist-led rebels press an eight year war. He clarified that his remark targeted a portion of Indochina’s population not fully backing the struggle while reports cited U.S. airlift aid and manpower in support of France.
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Eisenhower
Indochina
France
Free World
United States
Hong Kong
Civil Air Transport
Flying Tigers of China Fame
Reach
Pentagon
State Department
U.S. Air Force
French Concede Loss of Key Laos Post Near Luang Prabang
French high command admitted Vietminh forces seized Muong Ngoi, guarding Luang Prabang, as part of a 60 mile front advance in northern Laos. The captures included Muong Sai near the airstrip and Ban Nam Bac north of Luang Prabang. refugees flock toward the city amid renewed airlift operations.
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Saigon
Indochina
Muong Ngoi
Luang Prabang
Vietminh
Nam Hoa
Muong Pens
Luang Ng
Muong Sai
Ban Nam Bac
Laos
Rastovorov Named Soviet Chief Spy in Japan
American sources reveal Lt. Col Yuri Rastovorov, once Beria’s courier, as the Soviet Union’s top spy in Japan. Trained on the Japan desk, he allegedly defected to the United States, viewed as a major intelligence coup on the Far East front with potential to impact wartime dynamics. Rostovorov reportedly mingled in Tokyo circles and even visited American officers clubs.
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Tokyo
Yuri A Rastovorov
Russia
Japan
Lavrenti Beria
Secret Police
Rastovorov
Ocean Armytelligence
S Cial Sonetoreign
Sec
Beria
Rostovorov
Secret Service
Moscow
Midway
Normandy
Rassoveres
U.S
Ghinews
Death of Willis H. Slane Sr. at Duke Hospital
Willis H. Slane Sr. a longtime hosiery industry figure and secretary treasurer of Slane Hosiery Mills died this afternoon at Duke Hospital shortly after arriving there. His wife Mrs. Slane was at his bedside.
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Willis H. Slane Sr
Duke Hospital
Slane
Slane Hosiery Mills
Russia Offers 400 Million Pound Trade Pact to Britain
In Moscow, the Soviet government proposed contracts totaling 400 million pounds for delivery 1955 to 1957. Ivan G. Kabanov handed a memorandum to 32 British businessmen detailing equipment from tankers to power stations. The offer marked the widest gesture yet in Moscow's bid to revive East West trade.
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Moscow
London
Ivan G. Kabanov
Mild Weather Across Much of the United States
Light snow and rain fell in parts of the Midwest and Northeast while most regions enjoyed fair conditions and mild temperatures. Michigan saw the heaviest snow with 7 inches in Lansing and 5 in Grand Rapids. New York and northern New England also had snow, shifting to rain along southern New England coast. Boston logged about half an inch in six hours. Early temperatures ranged from 10 above in West Yellowstone to 71 above in Key West, with clear skies across the southern U.S. The four day in a row heat record continued at Thermal and Los Angeles.
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Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Lansing
Grand Repes
New York State
New England
Boston
Yellowstone
Wyo
Key West
Fla
Thermal
Calif
Los Angeles
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